Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

5 Ways Andy Byford Can Turn Around NYC Transit in 2018 (TransitCenter) More Coverage of the Drop in Pedestrian Deaths (News, AMNY, Post) — The Daily News Is Thrilled Fact Check: Other Mayors Made Progress on Traffic Safety Before de Blasio (Politico) Penn Station’s New $300 Million Concourse Already Cracking (Post) MTA’s First All-Electric Buses Debut […]

The Times Calls on Cuomo to Get Subway Construction Costs Under Control David Leonhardt: No More Free Rides for the Drivers Jamming NYC’s Most Congested Streets (NYT) Meanwhile, de Blasio Spews Misinformation About Congestion Pricing on Brian Lehrer (WNYC) NJ Transit in Search of a New Leader Again (WNYC) Still No Launch Date for Pilot […]

Get Your Wall-to-Wall Grayson Coverage: NYT, News, AMNY, Politico, NY1, Post, Bklyn Paper Forecast Calls for “Accidents” Caused by Drivers Who Ignore Pleas to Stay Off Icy Roads (Post) … And Unpredictable Conditions on Bike Lanes and Sidewalks (TransAlt) MTA Fails to Keep Subway Stairs and Platforms Clear (AMNY, Post) Politico Removed the Paywall From Dana Rubinstein’s Comprehensive […]

Expect Weather to Complicate Your Commute Today, Unless You’re Driving (NY1) Cuomo Mostly Gets a Pass for Cagey SOTS: NYT; Politico 1, 2; C&S; News 1, 2; WNYC News Lays Into Governor Hard Hat for Barely Mentioning Transit Crisis; Also: NY1, Voice Meanwhile, the Times Devoted Ink to the Red Hook Subway Distraction De Blasio Still Region’s […]

NYC Lives and Dies by the Subway (NYT) Cuomo May or May Not Invoke Road Pricing in Today’s SOTS (NY1, WSJ) Either Way, Marcia Kramer (CBS) and the Times Are Hot to Stoke Outrage More SOTS: Cuomo Expected to Propose Red Hook Subway Line (Politico, Post) Presumptive Council Speaker Johnson Talks MTA, Road Pricing, Development (NYT, Voice, […]

Inside the Subway Construction Racket That Robs New Yorkers Blind (NYT) Daily News to Cuomo: Fix Transit With Congestion Pricing and Cost Control NRDC and the Nation to de Blasio: Time to Throw Your Weight Behind Move NY Toll Reform TransitCenter: Pair Congestion Pricing With Improvements to Subway and Bus Service An “Uber Fee” Is Necessary […]